Oh heck

I've gotten so far behind in my AQ that I seem to have lost about 40 digests to the stale news monster that deletes them from my inbox. Horrors! Who knows how many facinating challenges I missed in that time!?!?!? Yes, I know that I can go look at them in the archives, but I'm so far behind that I seriously doubt that that is going to happen.

Anyway, the wedding was completely delightful, but I must say that I am very glad that Kevin's and my wedding and January was completely funded for about the same cost as the dainty cake we consumed this weekend. What a stash I'd have if I had that kind of cash at my disposal - can you imagine the thought process? Hm... A Husky designer or an open bar? No contest - I don't even drink! To each their own though, so power to them, and I hope their marriage is a blessed one! Vivat!

However, more bad news in my mailbox today - can you believe just how #*$#$ unfair life can be sometimes? I like to think that I have my priorities straight, and this news just reinforces that, but WOW - my life is beautiful, and I am grateful for it every day...

Thanks for the posts on time management folks - I am an early riser too, and NPR is definately better company than my husband at that hour, so I am more than happy to let him sleep and have the house to myself. SQ has become part of my morning routine since we got cable again a few weeks ago (spent 1.5 years as a televisionless Luddite), and I actually got back in the studio last Friday morning before we left for the wedding. I now have three major projects in the works - my spike piece that I mentioned before, sort of matched toddler quilts in peach that I just got some great hand-dyed for the backings of, and a brightly colored little kid quilt with numbers and letters on it to give me a chance to play with SAS2 for the first time, which I going very nicely (I like the hand) but I am very vexed by the wweb not actually going to the edge of the release sheet - I keep ending up with half-fused figures! Yeah, I'm one of those uber-frugal types (my WW2 parents still horde string and brown paper) who uses every square inch of everything, so this is really irking me! I don't like having so many irons in the heat of the fire (tons on the backburner is more my norm), but since my body is variously cooperative atm, having different projects let's me work when I'm motivated, no matter what!

Meanwhile, buds are showing on the trees here now, and I'm going to try and tackle my spring pre-moving, pre-renovating cleaning - one shelf, pile or drawer a day until my back gives out. Wish me luck!